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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

Melolonthidae
subfamily Melolonthidae noun considered a separate family in some classification systems

melon
noun any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh

melon ball
noun a bite of melon cut as a sphere

melon-like
adjective resembling a melon

Melophagus
genus Melophagus noun an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked

Melopsittacus
genus Melopsittacus noun a genus of Psittacidae

melosa
Chile tarweed noun South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil

Melospiza
genus Melospiza noun American song sparrow and swamp sparrow

melphalan
Alkeran noun antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies

Melpomene
noun (Greek mythology) the Muse of tragedy

melt
melt down verb reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; `melt butter`; `melt down gold`; `The wax melted in the sun`

meltable
disintegrable adjective capable of melting

meltdown
noun a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown; `there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933`

melted
adjective changed from a solid to a liquid state; `rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow`

melter
noun a worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.)

melting pot
noun an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated

meltwater
noun melted snow or ice

Melursus
genus Melursus noun sloth bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus

Melvil Dewey
Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey noun United States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931)

Melville
Herman Melville noun United States writer of novels and short stories (1819-1891)

Melville Bell
Alexander Melville Bell noun a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

Melville W. Fuller
Melville Weston Fuller noun United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)

Melvin Calvin
noun United States chemist noted for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis (1911-)

mem
noun the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

member
noun an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations); `the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association`; `Canada is a member of the United Nations`

member bank
noun a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System

membered
adjective having members; normally used in chemistry in combination with a number

memberless
adjective of a group or set having no members

membership
noun the body of members of an organization or group; `they polled their membership`; `they found dissension in their own ranks`; `he joined the ranks of the unemployed`

membership card
noun a card certifying membership in an organization

Membracidae
family Membracidae noun plant hoppers: treehoppers

membrane
tissue layer noun a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects organs or cells of animals

membrane bone
noun any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation; e.g. the clavicle and bones of the skull

membranous
membrane-forming adjective characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane); `membranous gastritis`

membranous labyrinth
noun the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth

meme
noun a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one generation to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation); `memes are the cultural counterpart of genes`

memento
souvenir noun a reminder of past events

memento mori
noun a reminder (as a death`s head) of your mortality

memo
memorandum noun a written proposal or reminder

memoir
noun an account of the author`s personal experiences

memorabilia
noun a record of things worth remembering

memorability
noun the quality of being worth remembering; `continuous change results in lack of memorability`; `true memorability of phrase`

memorably
unforgettably adverb in a memorable manner; `Horowitz could play Chopin memorably`

memorial
monument noun a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

Memorial Day
Decoration Day noun legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war

memorial tablet
plaque noun a memorial made of brass

memorialize
memorialise verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; `This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps`; `We memorialized the Dead`

memorization
memorisation noun learning so as to be able to remember verbatim; `the actor`s memorization of his lines`

memorizer
memoriser noun a person who learns by rote

memory
retention noun the power of retaining and recalling past experience; `he had a good memory when he was younger`

memory
noun the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; `he can do it from memory`; `he enjoyed remembering his father`

memory access
noun (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information

memory cache
noun (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics

memory chip
noun a RAM microchip that can be plugged into a computer to provide additional memory

memory device
storage device noun a device that preserves information for retrieval

memory image
noun a mental image of something previously experienced

memory picture
noun a memory image that is similar to a visual perception

memsahib
noun a woman sahib

men`s room
men`s noun a public toilet for men

menace
noun a threat or the act of threatening; `he spoke with desperate menace`

menacingly
threateningly adverb in a menacing manner; `the voice at the other end of the line dropped menacingly`

menage a trois
noun household for three; an arrangement where a married couple and a lover of one of them live together while sharing sexual relations

menagerie
zoo noun the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition

Menai Strait
noun a strait in northern Wales between Anglesey Island and the mainland

Menander
noun comic dramatist of ancient Greece (342-292 BC)

menarche
noun the first occurrence of menstruation in a woman

Mencken
H. L. Mencken noun United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956)

mend
patch 1 darn noun sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); `her stockings had several mends`

mend
verb heal or recover; `My broken leg is mending`

mendacious
adjective intentionally untrue; `a mendacious statement`

mendaciously
untruthfully adverb in a mendacious and untruthful manner; `I told him, quite untruthfully, that I had just returned from leave`

mendacity
noun the tendency to be untruthful

Mendel`s law
noun (genetics) one of two principles of heredity formulated by Gregor Mendel on the basis of his experiments with plants; the principles were limited and modified by subsequent genetic research

mendelevium
Md noun a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol)

Mendeleyev
Mendeleev noun Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements and predicted the discovery of several new elements (1834-1907)

Mendelian
adjective of or relating to Gregor Mendel or in accord with Mendel`s laws; `Mendelian inheritance`

Mendelism
Mendelianism noun the theory of inheritance based on Mendel`s laws

Mendelsohn
Erich Mendelsohn noun German architect who migrated to Palestine in 1937 (1887-1953)

Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn noun German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847)

Mendenhall Glacier
Great Mendenhall Glacier noun a glacier of the Piedmont type near Juneau in Alaska

mender
repairer noun a skilled worker who mends or repairs things

mendicant
adjective practicing beggary; `mendicant friars`

mending
noun garments that must be repaired

Menelaus
noun (Greek mythology) the king of Sparta at the time of the Trojan War; brother of Agamemnon; husband of Helen

menhaden
Brevoortia tyrannis noun shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer

menhaden oil
noun a fatty oil obtained from the menhaden fish and used in paint and ink and in treating leather

menhir
standing stone noun a tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France

menial
dogsbody noun a domestic servant

menially
adverb in a menial manner

Meniere
Prosper Meniere noun French otologist who first described a form of vertigo now known as Meniere`s disease and identified the semicircular canals as the site of the lesion (1799-1862)

Meniere`s disease
noun a disease of the inner ear characterized by episodes of dizziness and tinnitus and progressive hearing loss (usually unilateral)

meningeal
adjective relating to the meninges

meningeal artery
arteria meningea noun any of three arteries supplying the meninges of the brain and neighboring structures

meningeal veins
venae meningeae noun veins at accompany the meningeal arteries

meningioma
noun a tumor arising in the meninges which surround the brain and spinal cord; usually slow growing and sometimes malignant

meningism
noun symptoms that mimic those of meningitis but without inflammation of the meninges

meningitis
noun infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea

meningocele
noun a congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue)

meningoencephalitis
cerebromeningitis noun inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges

meninx
meninges noun a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord